Sparse and scattered leaves snipped the moonlight into countless fine specks of light.
Ning Feiyan perceived the hatred in the woman's eyes through that faint glow.
A hint of helplessness seemed to fleet across the depths of her eyes, gone in an instant, "I never believed that all I did stemmed from resentment. Mother said it was your partiality that twisted me with jealousy.
But I knew jealousy and resentment were irrational. You and father owed me the grace of birth and the affection of adoption, even if you viewed me as ominous, yet you kept me till today. This affection has always lingered in my heart."
"I said I would not harm my own kin without cause."
"People incline towards evil, inherently selfish," Ning Feiyan said indifferently, "If not for that Yan Family boy provoking me, how could it have come to this?"